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  • 01-17-2007, 07:57 PM
    maria10798
    Legal Dirty Urine While On Probation
    I just tested positive for pain pills that were legally given to me by a dr. but i was told that i violated probation because i didn't tell her before i receieve them. I'm on 3 yrs probation for m 2nd dui... whats going to happen..?? I gave her the number to the dr... please respond asap.. i have to go in, tomorrow morning early. I'm so nervous
  • 01-18-2007, 01:20 PM
    Heather78
    Re: Legal Dirty Urine While On Probation
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    I just tested positive for pain pills that were legally given to me by a dr. but i was told that i violated probation because i didn't tell her before i receieve them. I'm on 3 yrs probation for m 2nd dui... whats going to happen..?? I gave her the number to the dr... please respond asap.. i have to go in, tomorrow morning early. I'm so nervous

    How are you suppose to tell her before you get them? Are you suppose to be psychic? The only advice I have to offer is if you have VOP hearing to bring your pills and show them you have a legal script. S/he may not do anything. Are you saying you see your PO tomorrow?

    EDIT: I just noticed this is from yesterday so you have probably already gone to your appointment. Let us know how it goes.
  • 01-18-2007, 01:40 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Legal Dirty Urine While On Probation
    You can contact your probation officer before you fill a prescription, and certainly before you start taking pills. A probation officer can be reasonably expected to distinguish between medication administered in an emergency room setting, where there is no reasonable opportunity to provide notice, and that taken at a later time after filling a prescription.

    This is even more of an issue if there is a history of substance abuse, which is presumably why the testing was ordered, and even moreso if it's opiate or pain pill abuse.

    Definitely take the prescription and pills with you, so you can prove that you took them only as prescribed.
  • 01-18-2007, 04:20 PM
    Heather78
    Re: Legal Dirty Urine While On Probation
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    Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    You can contact your probation officer before you fill a prescription, and certainly before you start taking pills. A probation officer can be reasonably expected to distinguish between medication administered in an emergency room setting, where there is no reasonable opportunity to provide notice, and that taken at a later time after filling a prescription.

    This is even more of an issue if there is a history of substance abuse, which is presumably why the testing was ordered, and even moreso if it's opiate or pain pill abuse.

    Definitely take the prescription and pills with you, so you can prove that you took them only as prescribed.

    I'll give the OP the benifit of the doubt. Maybe the PO didn't bother to tell him/her that you have to tell them before you fill a script. When I was on probation all I had to do was bring the prescription bottle so that she could make a record of it. I hope the OP comes back to tell us what happened.
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